James E. O'Hara

Historical marker location:

12719 NC-481, Enfield, North Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of State Highway 481 and Daniels Bridge Road (County Route 1220), on the left when traveling west on State Highway 481.)

Marker installed: 1993

1844-1905.

During the Civil War, North Carolina was the second to last state to secede from the Union, doing so on May 20, 1861, and sending more soldiers to fight for the Confederacy than any other state.